INNOVATIVE SIGNS OPENING NIGHT CUT SHORT BY WEATHER AT HAWKEYE DOWNS

(Cedar Rapids, IA 05/07/2010) After a one week delay, the 85th season of racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway got underway Friday night-Sort of.

A rain shower halted the program just as the first half-mile feature was set to roll forcing the Speed-e-Pan Sportsmen, Budweiser Modifieds, and Performance Concepts to run their features at a later date.

However, the quarter-mile divisions were able to complete their features in a program that also saw a quick rain shower roll through just as pre-race ceremonies were wrapping up.

The Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks ran the first feature of the evening and Nathan Ballard became the first feature winner of the 2010 season after taking the lead from Roland Bohnsack with just three laps remaining. Bohnsack led from the drop of the green flag but the handling appeared to go away as the laps ticked off allowing Ballard to take the point and the win. Matt Petrzelka, Jacob Floyd, and Scott Siems filled out the top of the running order.

Jim Hanson notched his first Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Car win holding off Bob Ahrendsen for the top slot. A trio of cautions kept the action tight throughout the race with Cory Houdek finishing third, Kurt Bohnsack fourth, and Brian Beaty, fifth.

A full field of 24 Sunline Hornet took the green flag for their 25-lap feature and as usual the action didn’t disappoint. For the first half of the race it looked as though Jim Hanson might score his second feature win of the evening but Brad Chandler had other ideas, taking command just past the halfway mark. While Chandler was able to pull away Hanson maintained second and was chased to the stripe by the evening’s sponsor- Innovative Signs owner Derek Parrott. Dan Burhite finished fourth and Bryce Bailey was fifth.

Aric Becker bested a short field of Coca-Cola IMCA SportMods taking the lead on the fourth circuit. He wasn’t challenged the rest of the way with Scott Kositzky, Blake Carson, and Tim Dains filling out the order.

Earlier in the evening, Andy Duggan won a heat race in the Speed-e-Pan Sportsmen while Arlo Becker took the win in the Budweiser Modifieds heat. The Performance Concepts Late Models ran a pair of heats with Tim Plummer and Griffin McGrath each taking wins.

Details on running the rained out features will be announced later.

MAY 7, 2010 RESULTS

SUNLINE HORNETS

HEAT 1- 1. Dan Burhite, Cedar Rapids 2. Brad Burhite, Cedar Rapids 3.Dallas Chandler, Cedar Rapids 4. Jose DeJesus, Cedar Rapids 5.Jacob McVay 6. Hallie Hanson, Cedar Rapids 7. Johnny Navarro DNS- Jasen Freeman

HEAT 2- 1. Brad Chandler, Cedar Rapids 2.Bryce Bailey, Cedar Rapids 4. Casey Bilden 4. Adam Chandler, Cedar Rapids 5. Rick Chesmore 7.Zach Burhite, Cedar Rapids 8.Joe Bean

HEAT 3- 1. Jim Hanson, Cedar Rapids 2.Shane Hanson,Cedar Rapids 3.Nathan Chandler 4. Derek Parrott, Marion 5.Chuck Hanson, Marion 6. Ian Pate 7. Merv Chandler, Cedar Rapids 8. Kris Jones, Cedar Rapids

FEATURE- 1. Brad Chandler 2.Jim Hanson 3.Derek Parrott 4.Dan Burhite 5. Bryce Bailey 6.Brad Burhite 7.Dallas Chandler 8.Chuck Hanson 9.Shane Hanson 10.Nathan Chandler 11. Steve Miedke 12. Jose DeJesus 13. Adam Chandler 14.Casey Bilden 15. Johnny Navarro 16.Hallie Hanson 17. Ian Pate 18. Rick Chesmore 19.Zach Burhite 20.Kris Jones 21.Joe Bean 22.Jacob McVay 23.Jasen Freeman 24.Merv Chandler

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA HOBBY STOCKS

HEAT 1-1. Nathan Ballard, Marengo 2.Jeremy Robbins 3. Roland Bohnsack, Clutier 4. Matt Petrzelka, Cedar Rapids 5.Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids

HEAT 2-1. Kandi Floyd, Cedar Rapids 2.Malena Betzer, Cedar Rapids 3.Shane Koopman 4. Jeremy Floyd, Cedar Rapids DNS- Jacob Floyd DNS-Duayne Herb

FEATURE-1.Ballard 2.Bohnsack 3. Petrzelka 4.Robbins 5.Siems 6. Kandi Floyd 7. Betzer 8.Koopman 9.Jeremy Floyd 10.Herb 11.Jacob Floyd

BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY IMCA STOCK CARS

HEAT-1. Dave Ballstaedt , Cedar Rapids 2. Kurt Bohnsack, Iowa City 3.Greg Hentrich, Hiawatha 4.Cory Houdek, Marion 5. Jim Hansson 6. Bob Ahrendsen, Cedar Rapids 7. Brian Beaty, Palo

FEATURE- 1. Hanson 2. Ahrendsen 3.Houdek 4.Bohnsack 5.Beaty 6.Hentrich 7. Ballstaedt

COCA-COLA IMCA SPORTMODS

HEAT-1. Scott Kositzky, Cedar Rapids 2.Aric Becker,Cedar Rapids 3.Blake Carson, Cedar Rapids 4.Tim Dains, Marion

FEATURE-1. Becker 2.Kositzky 3.Carson 4. Dains

PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS LATE MODELS

HEAT 1-1. Tim Plummer, Norway 2.Justin Jennings, LaGrange, MO 3.Brad Osborn, Janesville 4.Kyle Hinrichs, Swisher 5.Brad Dvorak, Lisbon 6.Lane Brendan, Mitchell, SD

HEAT 2-1. Griffin McGrath, Cedar Rapids 2.Johnny Spaw, Cedar Rapids 3.Joey Gase, Cedar Rapids 4.Jim Ross, Robins 5.Scott Siems, Cedar Rapids 6.Chad Siems, Shellsburg

(FEATURE POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN)

BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS

HEAT-1.Arlo Becker, Atkins 2.Larry Clausen, Cedar Rapids 3.Ryan Luedtke, Norway 4.Brian Allen, Hiawatha 5.Rodney Rocarek,Cedar Rapids 6.Craig Bender, Cedar Rapids

(FEATURE POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN)

SPEED-E-PAN SPORTSMEN

HEAT- 1. Andy Duggan, Marion 2.Dave McCalla, Cedar Rapids 3.Travis Thompson, Atkins 4.Ben Glascock

(FEATURE POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN)